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#DAD9BB

Oat · very light warm yellow

About #DAD9BB

#DAD9BB is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 85% red, 85% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 15% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

Visually it is very close to Oat (ΔE 6.6), with Bone the next nearest named colour. Across the colour wheel sits #BBBCDA (thistle), its complementary partner.

Because it is very light, it is most useful for backgrounds, page sections and subtle cards. Put black text on top of it — 14.62:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red218
Green217
Blue187

Closest named colours

Oat
#DFD3BF · ΔE 6.6
Bone
#E3DAC9 · ΔE 7.5
Eggshell
#F0EAD6 · ΔE 8.7

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #DAD9BB

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on oat #DAD9BB.
1.44:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on oat #DAD9BB.
14.62:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DAD9BB appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DAD9BB
Protanopia (no red cones)
#DFD6B9
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#DFD8BC
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#DFD5D0

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DAD9BB?

#DAD9BB is a very light, muted yellow colour. Digitally that works out to 85% red, 85% green and 73% blue. In CMYK print terms it is 0% cyan, 0% magenta, 14% yellow and 15% black. Most people will perceive it as warm.

›What text colour should I use on #DAD9BB?

Use black text. Black on #DAD9BB has a contrast ratio of 14.62:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DAD9BB?

Its complementary colour is #BBBCDA, and analogous partners are #DACABB and #CBDABB.